The ride was announced on July 25, 2014. It is the first launched roller coaster in the United States to have winged seats and the first LSM-launched roller coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard.[1] It opened on April 25, 2015.

The train leaves the loading area and travels slowly forward before coming to a halt, remaining in the station building with the launch track visible ahead. Smoke is released and the train begins accelerating as riders hear thunder claps. After reaching a speed of 60 mph the train heads into the 140 foot tall immelmann. After inverting riders the train pulls out to the right and dives to the ground. A 125 foot tall vertical loop follows.

Riders are then sent through a pair of turns referred to by the park as an "overbanked horseshoe" followed by an "overbanked elevated spiral". The train then travels through a zero-g roll and an "s-curve" — a 90-degree right turn followed by a small airtime hill and a 90-degree left-hand turn.

The next element is a "carousel" — a 270 degree left-hand turn, the entrance and exit of which pass through a derelict barn providing two near misses. Thunderbird finishes with an in-line twist, taking riders into the brake run. The train takes a 90 degree right-hand turn and travels past the transfer track and into the station.

2 trains with 5 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 20 riders per train.
The lead car from one of Thunderbird's trains was on show at B&M's IAAPA booth in 2014.

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